Posted in Environment Pollution

Stubble Burning & Bio-Decomposer

Delhi Government has initiated the spraying of a Bio-Decomposer to tackle Stubble Burning.

Marine Cloud Brightening
Posted in Environment

Marine Cloud Brightening

Context: Several Australian organisations are investigating the potential of cloud brightening as a means to mitigate coral bleaching. About Marine…

Posted in Environment Environment Organisations

State of Global Water Resources 2022 Report

State of Global Water Resources 2022 report which offers an overview of water resources worldwide was released by WMO recently.

Posted in Environment Geography Landmarks Pollution

Record spike in aerosol in Hindu Kush region

Hindu Kush-Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau region has been witnessing an alarming increase in aerosol levels, a new analysis by the ISRO’s Physical Research Laboratory.

Posted in National Parks River Tiger Reserves

Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP)

As Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh is nearby Government is pushing Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) to secure the final forest clearance, six years after it got the provisional nod.

Posted in Environment Geography Lakes Protected Sites Ramsar Sites

Kolleru Lake

Andhra Pradesh Forest Department to prepare an inventory of land use adjacent to the Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary for declaring it an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) for conservation of the Kolleru Lake ecosystem.

Posted in Environment Protected Sites Tiger Reserves

How Tiger Reserves are notified?

Bihar to get Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary as the state’s 2nd tiger reserve after the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR).

Posted in Environment Treaties and Conventions

UN Framework to Protect Environment from Harmful Chemicals

“Global Framework on Chemicals – For a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste” was adopted at Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn, Germany.

Posted in Environment Geography Landmarks Ramsar Sites

Sundarbans as global commons

Experts from India and Bangladesh believe that climate change triggered loss and damage in the Sundarbans, should be seen as a “global commons”.

Posted in Environment Environment Schemes and Initiatives

Offshore Wind Energy

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued tender for construction of India’s First Offshore Wind Projects in Tamil Nadu.

Posted in Environment Protected Sites Tiger Reserves

Tiger Reserves of India – Statewise

Posted in Environment Protected Sites Ramsar Sites Species in news

Cabomba furcuta

Cabomba furcuta, popularly called as Pink Bloom due its massive flowering, has been a new threat to the kole fields, in addition to water hyacinth and Salvinia molesta.